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Columbiana County Park District seeking photographers for contest

LISBON — The Columbiana County Park District is looking for photographers, both children and adults, to capture the essence of the district’s parks and submit their work for a photo contest, with May 31 the deadline to submit photos. Park district board member Megan McMaster updated her fellow board members on the details during their meeting Wednesday. Photos submitted must be dated within the year of submission for judging and must be taken on-site at the Little Beaver Creek Greenway Trail, Scenic Vista Park, Hellbender Bluff Park. Logtown Stone Quarry Park or the Supreme Court ...

Oral rabies baiting to begin Saturday

LISBON — Oral rabies baiting will begin Saturday by the Ohio Department of Health and U.S. Department of Agriculture throughout Columbiana County and Lisbon and other Ohio counties, with residents asked not to touch the baits that are meant for raccoons. Columbiana County Health District Health Services Administrator Amanda Amato announced the annual bait drop during her report to the health board Wednesday. The bait drop will continue through May 13, weather permitting. She said the same bait as last year will be used, with a marshmallow flavor so the animals will want to eat the ...

Judge denies motion to reconsider dismissal of Negley landfill lawsuit

LISBON — A man whose lawsuit over the Penn-Ohio Landfill was dismissed also lost his motion for reconsideration. In a one-sentence entry, Columbiana County Common Pleas Court Judge Megan Bickerton denied the motion for reconsideration filed Monday by Dennis Scott Wallace. In the motion for reconsideration, Wallace claimed Bickerton showed “extreme prejudice” toward him, writing that she granted the motion to dismiss filed by both defendants without allowing him due process of law and ample time to make a response to the motions to dismiss. He also claimed that she should have ...

United Local Prom Court

United Local’s Prom will be held on April 25. The theme is Enchanted Forest. The prom court includes, from left, front row, Delaney Jones, Adelyn Butream, Megan Short, Chloe Angelo, Ines Vilela Rego, Brittany Miller, Sophia Battaglini; back row, Paul Blass, Thomas Berresford, M’Kyan ...

Park district board down to three now

LISBON — The Columbiana County Park District Board is down to three members after accepting the recent resignation of another longtime member, David Hughes, during the board meeting Wednesday. “The time has come for me to pass this opportunity on to the next person who is willing to take on the responsibility of serving our community. I have had the privilege to serve with and to serve some of the finest citizens of Columbiana County,” Hughes wrote in his letter of resignation which was dated to take effect March 19. He wished the park district continued success in the ...